Pou 2-5 (2-10) Egg Products Washington, D.C. Released February 26, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Egg Products" call Chris Hawthorn at (202) 720-0585, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Shell Eggs Broken Down 3 Percent from Last Year Shell eggs broken totaled 158 million dozen during January 2010, down 3 percent from January a year ago, and 6 percent below the 169 million dozen broken last month. January 2010 contained 21 weekdays (including two holidays) and 5 Saturdays. January 2009 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Data presented in this report were compiled from Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection reports. The best available data at the time of publication were used. Shell Eggs Broken: Federally Inspected, United States, January 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : Jan : Dec : Jan :----------- Inspected Item : 2009 : 2009 : 2010 : Jan : Dec : : : :2009 :2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :------ 1,000 Dozen ------ Percent : Shell Eggs Broken :162,820 168,628 158,042 97 94 :------ 1,000 Pounds ----- Percent : Edible Product from Shell Eggs Broken : Whole :137,298 139,362 129,516 94 93 White : 49,489 53,365 50,745 103 95 Yolk : 25,844 26,863 25,298 98 94 : Total :212,631 219,590 205,559 97 94 : Inedible Product from Shell Eggs Broken : 18,604 18,764 17,847 96 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shell Eggs Broken: Federally Inspected, by Month, United States, 2008-09 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Monthly : Cumulative :----------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : : : 2009 : : : 2009 : : :as % of: : :as % of : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Dozen ---- Percent ----- 1,000 Dozen ----- Percent : Jan : 171,950 162,820 95 171,950 162,820 95 Feb : 151,744 147,628 97 323,694 310,448 96 Mar : 162,703 160,725 99 486,397 471,173 97 Apr : 176,985 165,828 94 663,382 637,001 96 May : 177,991 168,729 95 841,373 805,730 96 Jun : 168,352 178,839 106 1,009,725 984,569 98 Jul : 182,950 175,241 96 1,192,675 1,159,810 97 Aug : 170,424 171,809 101 1,363,099 1,331,619 98 Sep : 179,209 170,144 95 1,542,308 1,501,763 97 Oct : 183,158 172,326 94 1,725,466 1,674,089 97 Nov : 159,602 150,946 95 1,885,068 1,825,035 97 Dec : 162,708 168,628 104 2,047,776 1,993,663 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Egg Product Estimates Data Sources: Data for the "Egg Products" report are obtained from Egg Products Volume Reports (FSIS Form 5200-11) completed by inspectors of FSIS, USDA. FSIS is responsible for administering a mandatory inspection program for egg products under the authority of the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970. The act and its associated regulations require that all commercial egg breaking and processing plants operate under continuous USDA supervision. Reports are currently received from approximately 60 plants in the United States. Plant management provides monthly volume data to the resident USDA inspector at the applicable plant. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late reports received by FSIS from plants. Revisions for the previous month and year-to-date totals are published in each monthly release. Procedures and Reliability: FSIS reviews plant data for accuracy and completeness and provides NASS a data file. NASS reviews the data for unusual values. The egg products estimates are based on a census of all commercial egg breaking and processing plants, therefore, there are no statistical estimation and sampling errors. 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